All IDFA articles – Page 6
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News‘The Mole Agent’ director Maite Alberdi to present new feature ‘The Eternal Memory’ in IDFA Forum
60 projects selected for the 30th edition of the industry meet.
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NewsIDFA Masters line-up includes Martin Scorsese, Gianfranco Rosi, Ruth Beckermann films
Festival programmes tribute to Mantas Kvedaravicius, filmmaker killed in Ukraine.
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NewsIDFA sets Laura Poitras honour, Focus programmes, DocLab theme
‘All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’ director Poitras will be the 2022 guest of honour.
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NewsFestivals are space for new voices, political debate, says Rotterdam panel
The subject of debate was how festivals can move with changing times.
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Reviews‘Eskape’: IDFA Review
Neary Adeline Hay retraces the steps she took as a child refugee feeling post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia
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Reviews‘Mafifa’: IDFA Review
Daniela Muñoz Barroso presents a dynamic portrait of late Cuban congan musician Mafifa
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Features‘Name Of The Game’ director on telling the story of disgraced Norwegian politician Trond Giske
“Giske was so close to becoming the prime minister in Norway and then suddenly, he loses everything after #MeToo.”
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FeaturesMai Masri talks IDFA title ‘Beirut: Eye Of The Storm’, why female filmmakers are flourishing in the Middle East
In her 30-year career, Masri has made many films both in Beirut (where she is based) and in Palestine.
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FeaturesDeckert Distribution CEO Liselot Verbrugge talks slate “pile-up”, acquisition strategy
Verbrugge replaced Heino Deckert as CEO of leading German sales outfit Deckert Distribution earlier this year.
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NewsSergei Loznitsa’s ‘Mr Landsbergis’ wins best film at IDFA 2021
Karim Kassem’s ‘Octopus’ won best film in the Envision Competition.
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Reviews‘A Thousand Fires’: IDFA Review
In Myanmar, a couplle drill for oil by hand and hope for better days in Saeed Farouky’s award-winning documentary
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Reviews‘After A Revolution’: IDFA Review
Two siblings on opposing sides of the Libyan civil war cope with its aftermath in different ways
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NewsIDFA Forum announces awards as industry head hails upbeat mood in Amsterdam
Head of industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen says doc sector is bouncing back.
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NewsMeet the Dutch duo who created Picl, one of the first digital platforms for arthouse theatres
“We are our own best customers,” says Picl co-founder Noortje van de Sande.
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FeaturesThree African doc filmmakers talk bringing the stories of their generation to a global audience
Seydou Cissé and Ousmane Samassékou from Mali and Aïcha Macky from Niger are all screening films at IDFA.
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NewsAutlook boards buzzy IDFA Forum project ‘Motherboard’ (exclusive)
The feature documentary is by UK filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck
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Reviews‘Housewitz’: IDFA Review
Intimate portrait of prison camp survivor Lous Hoogendijk-De Jong, who hasn’t left her home in years
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Reviews‘Turn Your Body To The Sun’: IDFA Review
A woman attempts to retrace the steps of her Soviet soldier father who was captured by the Nazis
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Reviews‘Eat Your Catfish’: IDFA Review
Inside the life of Kathryn, locked into a fixed position due to ALS but never static
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NewsNeon’s Elissa Federoff talks ‘Memoria’ roadshow and flexible release patterns
Federoff was talking via Zoom at the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA).